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AUTOGAMOUS

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does autogamous mean? 

AUTOGAMOUS (adjective)
  The adjective AUTOGAMOUS has 1 sense:

1. characterized by or fit for autogamyplay

  Familiarity information: AUTOGAMOUS used as an adjective is very rare.


 Dictionary entry details 


AUTOGAMOUS (adjective)


Sense 1

Meaning:

Characterized by or fit for autogamy

Synonyms:

autogamic; autogamous

Similar:

self-fertilised; self-fertilized; self-pollinated (fertilized by its own pollen)

Domain category:

botany; phytology (the branch of biology that studies plants)

Antonym:

endogamous (characterized by or fit for fertilization by pollen from another flower of the same kind)

exogamous (characterized by or fit for fertilization by a flower that is not closely related)

Derivation:

autogamy (self-fertilization in plants)


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